Where were you the night Holy Cross “broke the internet?” Yes, Holy Cross, led by former Northwestern Coach Bill Carmody, were a top six or seven trending term on Twitter nationally tonight. Indeed March has arrived, and the madness has indeed begun. Sure, it was just a low-scoring play-in game, but when you look at where Holy Cross has come from, to where they are now, it is a Cinderella story.
If there’s one thing America loves this time of year, it’s a good Cinderella story, and Holy Cross has stepped to become the first school to fulfill that role.
Holy Cross take on Oregon Friday, 6:27 PM Central on TRU TV. It’s the first NCAA Tournament win for the school since 1953 and the first tourney victory for any team with 19 losses since 1955.
Holy Cross didn’t win a road game all season, yet they won four straight of that variety in order to reach the play-in game. Now they’ll need to qualify for the national title game in order to finish the season over .500 and #1 seed Oregon awaits. However, tonight isn’t about that. Tonight is about #CarmodyMethod #MakeShots #GoCrusaders and #GoHolyCross
Here some of the best Tweets pertaining to Carmody and Holy Cross this evening.
So here’s your basic game recap:
.@HCrossMBB wins first NCAA Tournament game since 1953 at #FirstFour in Dayton #MarchMadness https://t.co/wgsMiwFqgy pic.twitter.com/p86ES1qLjs
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) March 17, 2016
Next we move on to the biggest name media alum in Holy Cross history. (Definitely second to Bob Cousy)
Stevens-Carmody 2016
Coaching America to a brighter future
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) March 17, 2016
John Kasich needs to throw a 1-3-1 defense at Trump.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) March 17, 2016
Of course, I need to throw a couple of my own in here:
https://twitter.com/PaulMBanks/status/710297751628738560
https://twitter.com/PaulMBanks/status/710255659409936386
https://twitter.com/PaulMBanks/status/710248984128913408
Dickie V. getting in on the action:
HOLY CROSS /what a miracle story / Happy 4 Coach Carmody who all those tough yrs at Northwestern never got a taste of the Big Dance .
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) March 17, 2016
Just an amazing night for Bill Carmody’s son Michael:
NATE SILVER IS TALKING ABOUT MY DAD KIND OF WHAT A GREAT DAY THIS IS https://t.co/4iSd3IxXg3
— Michael Carmody (@MadCarmody) March 17, 2016
I like dancing #GoCrusaders
— Michael Carmody (@MadCarmody) March 17, 2016
This is priceless. Anyone who’s ever had anything to do with Northwestern basketball the past 15-20 years will appreciate this one:
https://twitter.com/itsjondavis/status/710265845423837184
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